Work & commute · Patterson Springs

Work & commute in Patterson Springs, NC

Most working residents leave Patterson Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Shelby (16%), Kings Mountain (7%) and Charlotte (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 249 Patterson Springs residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patterson Springs.

249live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patterson Springs goes to work

Shelby4.3 mi away

16%41

Kings Mountain9.3 mi away

7%17

Charlotte38.7 mi away

7%17

Gastonia18.8 mi away

5%13

Boiling Springs8.4 mi away

3%8

Forest City21.2 mi away

2%4

Marion41 mi away

1%3

Asheville62.9 mi away

1%3

Grover5.3 mi away

1%2

Patterson Springs (in town)right here

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%141

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Patterson Springs commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

16%

17%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patterson Springs is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Patterson Springs are

100 jobs are based in Patterson Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Patterson Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Patterson Springs

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Patterson Springs residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−3%

Jobs based in Patterson Springs, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 100. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.